Harper is a Scottish family name which has also seen popularity as a given name. The name is believed to have originated from the Dalriadan region of Scotland especially in the Lennox district. [edit] Harper as a surname - Alan Harper (1944— ), Anglican primate
- Alan Harper (1960— ), English footballer
- Ben Harper (1817–1887), American politician
- Ben Harper (1969— ), American musician
- Bill Harper (1897–1989), Scottish football (soccer) goalkeeper
- Billy Harper (1943—), American jazz saxophonist
- Blake Harper (1968— ), Canadian pornographic actor
- Bruce Harper Retired gridiron football player for New York Jets
- Charley Harper (1922—2007), American artist and illustrator
- Clifford Harper (1949— ), English anarchist and cartoonist
- Colin Harper (b.1946), English footballer and football manager
- Daryl Harper (1951— ), Australian Test cricket umpire
- David Harper, British biologist, aka DGC Harper
- Dawn Harper (1984- ), US gold medalist in 100 meter hurdles
- Dean Harper (1983- ), English Footballer
- Derek Harper (1961— ), former American professional basketball player
- Edith Harper, pseudonym of Anna Wickham (1884–1947), British poet and feminist
- Edward Eugene Harper (1946– ), currently FBI Ten Most Wanted Fugitive
- Elijah Harper (1949— ), Aboriginal Cree Canadian politician and band chief
- Emily Harper (1981— ), American actress
- Eric Harper, (1877-1918), New Zealand national rugby union player
- Frances Harper (1825–1911), American abolitionist and poet
- Gisèle Côté-Harper, Canadian law professor and human rights activist
- Graeme Harper, British television director
- Hannah Harper (1982— ), British actress
- Heather Harper (1930— ), Irish operatic soprano
- Hill Harper (1973— ), American film, television and stage actor
- Jessica Harper (1949— ), American actress and producer, singer and author of children's music and books
- John Harper (politician), former member of the Kentucky House of Representatives
- John Ernest Harper (29 May 1874-27 May 1949), Royal Navy Admiral
- John L. Harper, British biologist
- John William Harper (1916–1944), English recipient of the Victoria Cross
- Kevin Harper (1976— ), Scottish Association Football player
- Louis Harper, Scottish civil engineer
- Lynne Harper (1946–1959), Canadian murder victim
- Mark Harper (contemporary), British politician, Member of Parliament
- Nick Harper (1965— ), British singer/songwriter/guitarist, son of Roy Harper
- Pat Harper, American TV news anchorwoman who, for a story, pretended to be homeless
- Peter Harper, blues musician
- Reg Harper (contemporary), Canadian politician from Prince Edward Island
- Richard Harper, American professor
- Robert Goodloe Harper (1765–1825), American politician, senator from Maryland
- Robin Harper (1940— ), Scottish politician, Member of the Scottish Parliament
- Roger Harper (1963— ), West Indian cricket player
- Ron Harper (1964— ), American basketball player
- Roy Harper (1941— ), British singer-songwriter, father of Nick Harper
- Skinny Bobby Harper (1939–2003), American radio and video DJ
- Stephen Harper (1959— ), current (22nd) Prime Minister of Canada
- Steve Harper (footballer) (1975— ), English football player
- Susan Harper (1952— ), Canadian diplomat
- Tom Harper, former coach of the Wake Forest college football program
- Tom Harper, a pseudonym for novelist Edwin Thomas (1977— )
- Tommy Harper (1940— ), former American baseball player
- Valerie Harper (1940— ), American actress
- William Allen Harper, JFK assassination witness
- William Claude Harper (born 1944), American jewelry artist
- William Edmund Harper (1878–1940), Canadian astronomer
- William Harper (composer & photographer) (1949-), composer
- William Harper (South Carolina) (1790–1847), a US Senator from South Carolina
- William Rainey Harper (1856–1906), first president of the University of Chicago
[edit] Harper as a given name [edit] Fictional people |
